The document provides 9 guidelines for effective reading: 1) Determine your reading purpose based on the text, 2) Consider who created the text and their role, 3) Ask about the intended audience, 4) Look for clues about the author's intentions and genre, 5) Consider the publication medium, 6) Deliberately resist the text to read critically, 7) Work through difficulties by turning problems into questions, 8) Interact with the text by asking questions and speculating, 9) Be patient as readings may require multiple attempts to fully understand.